Table 3. R values (correlations between predicted and observed values as a proportion of the model’s overall fit) for each of the fitted terms in our GAMMs.

Response	Variable	R
Infection	Area1	0.0116
	NHP carcass quality 2	0.0015
	Taxon3	0.0514
	Date	0.5445
	Spatial effect	0.0398
Intensity	Area1	0.1863
	NHP carcass quality2	0.0175
	Taxon3	0.1511
	Date	0.2178
	Spatial effect	0.1037

NHP: non-human primate. Variables are presented as [1] areas of non-human primate sampling, [2] the preservation status of non-human primate carcasses, and [3] non-human primate taxa.